non-Russian
adjective
non-Rus·sian
ˌnän-ˈrə-shən 
non-Russian
noun
plural non-Russians
non-Russians living in Russia
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Even before the war, doing business in Russia has always been a bad deal for US companies, and few non-Russian companies ever made much money there to be worth the risks.
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
So Putin’s invasion of Ukraine may have any number of ambitions: to set an example, say, or to keep a tight rein on non-Russian independence movements along the Volga and in the North Caucasus.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
The findings showed broadly that non-Russian ransomware gangs didn't have a statistically significant increase in attacks in the lead-up to elections.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
The war in Ukraine has given the Algerian gas industry an additional boost as Europe is now more reliant on non-Russian gas and the closest source to its markets are north African fields.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
But as the seven non-Russian Arctic states have grown wary of China’s strategic ambitions and coercive economic tactics, Beijing is increasingly relying on Moscow to act as a conduit to expand Chinese activities in the Arctic writ large.
—Max Bergmann, TIME, 29 July 2024
Eurasianism and Slavophilism are mostly dead letters: the overwhelming majority of the world’s non-Russian Slavs joined or are clamoring to join the European Union and NATO.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Since January, the facility has had to use non-Russian oil and cut production sharply.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 1 May 2024
In 2022, for example, the United States was able to curtail Russia’s attempt to expand its cross-border Mir electronic payment system to Turkey and other countries by warning of sanctions against non-Russian banks that connected to it.
—Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
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Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025
So Putin’s invasion of Ukraine may have any number of ambitions: to set an example, say, or to keep a tight rein on non-Russian independence movements along the Volga and in the North Caucasus.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
The findings showed broadly that non-Russian ransomware gangs didn't have a statistically significant increase in attacks in the lead-up to elections.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 10 Nov. 2022
The war in Ukraine has given the Algerian gas industry an additional boost as Europe is now more reliant on non-Russian gas and the closest source to its markets are north African fields.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2024
But as the seven non-Russian Arctic states have grown wary of China’s strategic ambitions and coercive economic tactics, Beijing is increasingly relying on Moscow to act as a conduit to expand Chinese activities in the Arctic writ large.
—Max Bergmann, TIME, 29 July 2024
Eurasianism and Slavophilism are mostly dead letters: the overwhelming majority of the world’s non-Russian Slavs joined or are clamoring to join the European Union and NATO.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
Since January, the facility has had to use non-Russian oil and cut production sharply.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 1 May 2024
In 2022, for example, the United States was able to curtail Russia’s attempt to expand its cross-border Mir electronic payment system to Turkey and other countries by warning of sanctions against non-Russian banks that connected to it.
—Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
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“Non-Russian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/non-Russian. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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